https://doi.org/10.36866/pn.25.39

Dr Jamie Johnston, University of Leeds, UK

Professor Jennifer Linden, University College London, UK

Professor Susan Deuchars, University of Leeds, UK

We are delighted to announce that after two postponements due to the pandemic, this 2-day, in-person conference will now take place in London in June 2022. This meeting will be a fantastic opportunity to come together to talk about an essential topic – how we sense the world around us and how we convert sensory signals into information and action. The breadth of this topic gives us a chance to hear from a diverse programme of speakers, discussing sensory signals in different modalities and at different levels – from peripheral transduction to cortical integration – which we hope will make for a unique and unmissable conference!

The conference will be delivered in four sessions: peripheral and brainstem processing; thalamic and cortical processing; sensation, location and action; and modulation of the senses. Each session will see invited speakers giving 25-minute talks with time for questions. In addition, we also have a session for Flash Talks – 3-minute research summaries – chosen from submitted abstracts, as well as a new and innovative session “speed dating of techniques”. These events will give attendees the opportunity to learn from and share techniques with each other, with the aim of fostering new connections and ideas across modalities and levels of sensory systems research.

In addition to the scientific programme, we hope to be able to offer a great social programme that will allow researchers to network and cross-pollinate ideas while catching up with friends and colleagues. The conference will take place at the Royal College of Physicians, which is opposite London’s beautiful Regent’s Park. Sadly, we cannot guarantee sunny weather in the UK in June, but we can guarantee a fantastic and inspiring conference, and we hope that you will join us!

Key dates

4 February – Registration opens

1 – 31 March – Abstract submission

30 April – Early registration closes

6 June – Registration deadline

20 – 21 June – Conference